Protecting Your Rights & Freedom
Facing criminal charges? Our experienced criminal defense attorneys provide aggressive, strategic representation for DUI, drug offenses, assault, theft, white collar crimes, and serious felonies. We fight relentlessly to protect your freedom, your rights, and your future. Free confidential consultation.
Aggressive Criminal Defense When Everything Is at Stake
When criminal charges threaten your freedom, reputation, and future opportunities, you need a defense team that fights as hard for you as the prosecution fights against you. At Defined Law, our criminal defense attorneys have successfully defended clients against misdemeanors, felonies, and federal charges across Michigan. We handle every critical aspect of your defense—from initial investigation and arraignment through aggressive pre-trial motions, strategic plea negotiations, and vigorous courtroom trial advocacy. Whether you're facing DUI charges, drug offenses, assault, theft, white collar crimes, or serious felonies, we build powerful, evidence-based defenses, challenge unlawful procedures and evidence, negotiate favorable outcomes when appropriate, and fight tenaciously in court to protect your constitutional rights and secure the best possible result for your case.
Strategic Defense Planning
From pre-arrest investigation through trial and appeals, we develop comprehensive, tailored defense strategies specific to your charges and circumstances. Our meticulous approach identifies weaknesses in the prosecution's case, builds compelling counter-narratives, and pursues every avenue for dismissals, acquittals, reduced charges, or alternative sentencing.
Constitutional Rights Protection
Your constitutional rights are non-negotiable. We aggressively challenge illegal searches and seizures, unlawful arrests, coerced confessions, Miranda violations, and prosecutorial misconduct. When law enforcement oversteps, we file suppression motions to exclude tainted evidence and protect your Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment protections.
Understanding Criminal Defense Process
The criminal justice system involves complex procedures, strict deadlines, and life-altering consequences. From arrest through preliminary examination, arraignment, pre-trial motions, discovery battles, plea negotiations, and trial, each stage demands strategic legal advocacy and procedural precision. A single misstep can result in enhanced charges, lost defense opportunities, or maximum sentences. Our criminal defense lawyers guide you expertly through each phase—conducting independent investigations, filing strategic suppression motions, challenging witness credibility, negotiating skillfully with prosecutors, and mounting vigorous courtroom defenses—all to protect your rights and secure the best possible resolution for your future.
Criminal Charges We Defend
From misdemeanors to serious felonies and federal charges, we defend against all criminal accusations. Our criminal defense attorneys represent clients facing DUI/DWI, drug crimes, violent offenses, property crimes, white collar offenses, sex crimes, and federal charges, providing aggressive, strategic representation at every stage of your case.
DUI / DWI & Traffic Offenses
Operating While Intoxicated (OWI), Operating While Visibly Impaired (OWVI), refusal charges, underage drinking and driving, CDL violations, license suspensions and revocations, and serious traffic offenses including reckless driving and fleeing and eluding.
Drug Crimes & Controlled Substances
Possession, delivery, manufacturing, and trafficking charges for marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, prescription drugs, and other controlled substances. Drug charges carry severe penalties and require skilled legal representation with knowledge of search and seizure law, forensic evidence, and sentencing guidelines.
Violent Crimes & Assault Charges
Simple assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, robbery, armed robbery, weapons offenses, felonious assault, homicide, and other violent crime charges. We thoroughly investigate self-defense claims, witness credibility issues, forensic evidence, and challenge the prosecution's narrative at every turn.
Criminal Defense FAQs
Get answers to common questions about criminal charges, your rights, and the criminal defense process.
Exercise your constitutional right to remain silent immediately and consistently. Do not speak to police, investigators, or prosecutors without an attorney present—anything you say can and will be used against you, even seemingly innocent statements. Politely but firmly decline to answer questions and clearly request legal counsel. Contact an experienced criminal defense attorney as soon as possible to protect your constitutional rights and begin building a comprehensive defense strategy.
While you have the constitutional right to self-representation, criminal cases involve complex legal procedures, evidentiary rules, constitutional law, and life-altering consequences. Prosecutors are trained legal professionals backed by law enforcement resources; representing yourself puts you at a profound disadvantage. Even seemingly minor procedural mistakes can result in wrongful convictions, maximum sentences, or permanent criminal records that follow you forever. An experienced criminal defense attorney provides crucial strategic advocacy, legal knowledge, and courtroom experience you simply cannot provide yourself.
Outcomes depend on the specific charges, strength of evidence, available defenses, and quality of legal representation. Possibilities include case dismissal (charges dropped due to insufficient evidence or rights violations), acquittal (found not guilty at trial), favorable plea agreements (reduced charges or sentencing recommendations), diversion programs, deferred sentencing, probation, fines, community service, or incarceration. We meticulously analyze every aspect of your case—evidence, witnesses, procedures, constitutional issues—to pursue the best possible outcome, whether that's complete dismissal, acquittal at trial, or the most favorable resolution available.
Criminal defense fees vary based on charge severity, case complexity, investigation needs, and anticipated legal proceedings. We offer free initial consultations to thoroughly evaluate your case and provide transparent, upfront fee structures with no hidden costs. Many attorneys offer flexible payment plans to make quality representation accessible. Remember: the cost of experienced legal representation is invariably far less than the devastating lifelong consequences of a criminal conviction—lost employment opportunities, educational barriers, housing discrimination, professional licensing restrictions, and diminished personal freedoms.
Most criminal cases resolve through strategic plea negotiations rather than proceeding to trial. However, when prosecutors refuse reasonable offers or when the evidence strongly supports your innocence, taking your case to trial becomes necessary and advantageous. We prepare every case as if it will go to trial—conducting thorough investigations, developing compelling legal arguments, preparing witness examinations—while simultaneously pursuing the most favorable negotiations possible. This dual-track approach ensures you're fully protected and positioned for the best outcome, regardless of whether your case resolves through negotiation or courtroom victory.
Get Your Free Criminal Defense Consultation
Don't face criminal charges alone. Our experienced criminal defense attorneys offer free, confidential consultations to thoroughly evaluate your case, explain all available legal options, and develop a strategic, customized defense plan designed to protect your rights and your future.
